NORTHWESTERN IOWA ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION VOLUME II 1804-1926 H. V. MARTIN One of the outstanding business successes of Sioux City is the great department store of T. S. Martin Company, of which Howard V. Martin is a director and secretary-treasurer. From boyhood he has been identified with this business and has had a part in its later success, devoting himself closely to its interests. A man of sterling qualities and marked business ability, he has won a high place in the estimation of his business associates and throughout the community he commands universal confidence and regard. Mr. Martin was born in Sioux City on the 6th day of June, 1893, and is a son of Thomas Samuel Martin, who was for many years an honored resident of Sioux City and who established the business with which his sons are now identified. Howard V. Martin attended the public schools of this city and graduated from the Tome Preparatory School at Port Deposit, Maryland, after which he was for two years at Wharton School, of the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia. He returned home on the death of his father, August 9, 1915, and on the reorganization of the T. S. Martin Company, ten days later, he was made a director and secretary-treasurer of the company, in consequence of which he did not return to school. During his boyhood years he had worked in his father's store during vacations and on Saturdays and while attending school in Philadelphia he had worked afternoons and other spare time in John Wanamaker's store, so that he had gained a practical insight into department store methods. He has ably filled the position which he holds and not a little of the prosperity which the firm enjoys has been due to his devotion and conscientious efforts. He is also a director and secretary-treasurer of the T. S. Martin Realty Company. On June 28, 1917, Mr. Martin was united in marriage to Miss Leone Weston, of Hardington, Nebraska, a daughter of W. S. Weston, now vice president of the Peters Trust Company, of Omaha, Nebraska. To this union has been born a daughter, Mildred. Mr. Martin is a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Sioux City County Club and of the Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the Cathedral of the Epiphany Roman Catholic church and Mrs. Martin is a member of the Presbyterian church. He has been true and loyal in every relation of life, is public spirited in his attitude towards all movements for the betterment of his community and has a host of warm and loyal friends. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ IAGENWEB: Special History Project: http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm Gerischer Family Web Site: http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/